they pay higher tus toou yigs this, year cal, 30% of all incoming freshmen will attend cal and they're out of state students, 10% system wide. >> thank you very much. >> and back now to sky 7 following -- we're not going to do that now? >> what we do want to tell you is that civic center powell street stations have reopened. all stations are now reopened. and the pro testors are heading towards embark dareo. >> police have been doing a good job of keeping them off of the platform. >> and we'll see. >> let's turn now to spencer christian z what we think is a warming forecast. >> it is. and warm up today, four to eight degrees over yesterday's highs and there will be more warming tomorrow there. is a live view from our camera looking down onto the bay. just a little bit of fog there. shallower marine layer but sit there. our satellite shows this afternoon, low clouds, and fog across the coastline, sunny skies around the bay. and four to eight degrees warmer, 91 in clear lake. 79 in santa rosa. 88 fairfield. 87 livermore. it's warming up and will continue. right now, 85 degrees in antioch

cal/osha needs to have the final say p.senator admitted the legislation is really meant to force cal/osha to have the discussion and he's flexible on fitted or flat. so you are absolutely willing to work with whoever. >> absolutely. no doubt about it. no doubt bit. you have me on camera rate now. you have it stored away on file. i'm willing to work with folks who are moderate in their view and not extremist. >>reporter: nick reporting. >> coming up next. new tribute dr. martin luther king jr. and local man who had a big role in designing him. story as we local man who had a big role in designing him. story as we continue premiering the revolution by lg. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free. [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new c

cal train is the only transit agency that allows drinking in cars so it is banned after 9 p.m. and while police ride before the games none ride after. >>> a grass fire in solano county is out today. at one point, several dozen homes were threatened but crews got the upper hand late today and had the flames contained by about 7 p.m. there were no reports of injuries or structures damaged. a fire in yosemite national park is still not contained tonight. it was sparked in the merced river canyon by a motor home on fire. about 100 people have been evacuated. right now it is 35% contained. full containment is still several days away. >>> triple digit temperatures are baking southern california this weekend. the national weather center declared a second excessive heat warning today. many thought refuge in pools, hopping malls and of course the beach. an estimated crowd of 100,000 people jammed huntington beach keeping lifeguards busy with dozens of rescues. relief is coming with temperatures about 15 degrees cooler. for all the damage left by hurricane irene they were some brighter m

this includes -- jurisdiction of cal fire. this includes about one-third of the state to the oregon border. governor brown signed the law earlier this month. it's expected to bring in about $200 million a year to help -- to help fight wildfires. opponent call it a cash grab by the state. safeway plans to double the size of its store in the rockridge neighborhood t will have wider aisles -- neighborhood. it will have wider aisles and a fresh guard everyone -- garden. hundreds of neighbors don't want this and have signed a petition. >> safeway should be able to build an expand their store. i have issues with stoplights here. i think it would ruin this business and would ruin the produce store across the street. the public has until august 15th to comment on the expansion. the planning commission is expected to vote and the city council will likely take up the issue in the spring. >>> a big bank and two chain stairs are shopping for approval from san francisco voters. target, petco and chase, are all looking to expand. they would

a new study shows high speed trains could share the rails with cal train between san mateo and redwood city. the study by an engineering firm finds the current track could accommodate up to four high speed trains and six cal trains an hour. cal train says while it's in the initial stages, the plan could be promising in reducing costs and the impact on peninsula residents who worry about the new tracks built in their neighborhoods. but still, the project continues to face growing criticism, some lawmakers think it's a waste of money. >> in order to create jobs, at the cost per job that this is going to be, we can do many other things that are much more economical for the state. >> governor brown disagrees saying high speed rail should stay on track in california. he says he wants to be part of a group that gets america to, quote, think big again. >>> new tonight at 6:00, there's word that one of the bay area's most notable manufacturing plants is paying out a $6 million settlement to a group of disabled former employees. attorneys for the group say the deal was reached with the new unit

they'll play football there as cal stadium is being renovated this year.s a beautiful setting, too. the new 49er place kick, his name is acres, told a federal jury that he lost $3.7 million with triton financial from 2007 to 2009. prosecutors are claiming former triton chief executive curt barton built a $50 million ponzi scheme. that's a lot of kicking. he lost $3.7 million. and the nba in the midst of a lockout but kobe bryant keeping in prima donna shape, a man filed charges against bryant, said he took kobe's picture at a church and he grabbed the camera to say hey, did this picture come out? very religious man, kobe. looked to see if the photos were of him, when he didn't see any, he give the phone back. he went to the hospital for treatment of having a camera ripped from his hands. anyway, they take a picture of him, let him have it. my thing is, if they're shooting up and i look heavy,

. >>> some are raising questions about alcohol consumption on cal-trans when fans head to the ballpark. in documents supplied to the examiner there have been 64 incidents of rowdiness or violence this year and just 18 arrests. it is the only agency that allows drinking in cars so it is band after 9 p.m. >>> bay area headlines. san francisco battalion chief is recovering after her rescue vehicle was broadsided while responding to a call. her truck was hit by a pickup truck this morning. both drivers were sent to the hospital and they are expected to recover. the crash closed the 101 off- ramp in the area for about an hour. >>> fire damaged a children's center today. the fire broke out in a computer lab at children's council of san francisco on church street near mission high school about midnight. no injuries reported and no word yet what sparked the fire. >>> firefighters in solano county have now contained a grass fire that broke out in fairfield. the so-called fire spread out of the city toward vacaville. at one point the eight-alarm fire threatened dozens of homes. by midnight firef

. >>> an appeal has been filed for two cal grads jailed in iran.arlier this month shane bower and josh visit tal were sentenced to 8 years in prison for espionage and illegally entering country. they were arrested two years ago while hiking along the border with iraq. the appeals court decision could come quickly or it could take months. a third hiker, sarah shourd, was released almost a year ago. >>> dozens of homes threatened by a grass fire. progress made today in containing the flames and saving the home. >>> a second test for football fans. the infamously rowdy football fans for the raiders behave? that's ahead. >>> temperatures peeking out across the valley. we'll take a look at the cooling trend setting up for next week in just a few minutes. >> announcer: "eyewitness news" is brought to you by your northern california lexus dealer. ,,,, ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong d

cal fire can't use that money to actually fight fires. >> reporter: its notitia especially to protecteowners from fire. it's why think have collecting a new tax but it's called the fire prevention fee meaning $200 million can only be spent on things like brush clearing education, not for fors and equipment. the board is now working to amend the language. cal fire could suffer deep cuts to its firefighting ability. >> one thing we will address is the fire prevention verses protection. if the intent by the governor is to move money from the department's general fund to the special fund budget we will knead that money and revenue to continue to respond to emergencies. >> reporter: homeowner scoffed at paying more money for lesss. >> prevention is important and preparation but this is important to. i wouldn't mind but if that means we aren't getting additional firefighters it's a concern. >> reporter: the board is confident they will be able to reword the bill quickly and send it off for a vote. in santa clara. >> the bullet that killed a 3- year-old oakland boy wasn't meant for him. toni

>>> and cal transearns the state park supporters. it is a popular place for boarders. >>> this is bay area news alt 7:00. >>> good evening. this is thursday, august 25th, i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> california governor, jerry brown, has a new plan to help california's job market relying on tax breaks and hikes. allowing a tax credit to small businesses that make new hires and create ex exemptions to help make new businesses. we are live in union city at a company that hopes to expand. >> this is a wind tunnel. we will show you what they do here. with 33 current employees this company is in a great position to benefit from the governor's proposal. >> reporter: at union city skydiving facility all 33 workers make above minimum wage, at least $10 an hour and have fun doing it. >> it is exciting. the reaction from each person is entirely different. get to see what people are like at their most primal. >> reporter: he started here six weeks ago after struggles for six months. >> it was hard. i planned for not h

. >> took $200 million from cal fire. it forces rural homeowners to pay a special fee to make up the difference. that money comes with strings attached. cal fire can't use that money to fight fires. >> protecting rural homeowners from wild fires is not cheap. which is why the state is collecting a new fee up to $150 per home. it's all part of abx129. it's called the fire prevention fee. the $200 million in expected revenue can only be spent on brush clearing and education. not for actual firefighters and their equipment. the board of forestry and fire protection is working urgently to amend the language. cal fire would suffer deep cuts to its fire fighting ability. >> one of the things we will be addressing is the fire prevention. if the intent by the governor is to move money from the department's general fund budget to the special fund budgets, we're going to need that money to continue to respond to emergencies. >> homeowner scoffed at paying more money for less service. >> prevention is important and preparation for t

and cal train is the only transit agency that allows drinking in its cars. so it is banned after 9:00. and while police do ride the trains before the game, none ride after the game. >>> today the state senate is considering banning bath salts that contain a designer drug. you won't find the bath salts at a bed bath and beyond and they're powders sold in pacts that can cause paranoia or violent behavior when snorted or smoked and legal in california in some bay area stores to sell them. and the state assembly has already passed a ban on those salts. >>> a california superintendent is taking more than $200,000 of his own money, taking a pay cut, to help fund his own school. fresno county superintendent larry pal, currently makes $290,000 a year. with this new deal, his salary will be slashed to about $32,000. >> the public and my employee won't notice any change at all. i will be here doing the same job but i will be doing it for a few dollars less. >> quite a few. the restructured deal is good through 2014 and allows pal to have a final say on how the extra f

but they could not afford the lease money cal trans was asking for the property. city officials say they do not have the money to pay for the upkeep either. tough times. cal trans says the park was built illegally on its property, and unless the city can maintain the park, it is going to be demolished tomorrow. >>> those full body scanners at san francisco international airport will no longer display naked images of passengers. the tsa installed new software in the scaners that will no longer show a passenger's actual image. instead the scan will show a generic image that highlights any anomalies like a weapon, but won't show body parts. the tsa installed the body scanners two years ago after authorities say a man tried, but failed to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear aboard a transatlantic flight. >>> well talk about the weather, the eastern seaboard from north carolina to new england is preparing for hurricane irene. the storm rocked cuba, the caribbean and the bahamas today. you are going to see some uh amazing waves and the wind. that's when irene was a

the kid from cal palo -- cal poly had the hit.l lands there and tie itself at one and giants take the lead on a sac fly. but it wasn't enough. astros score one in the 8 tht and another -- eighth and another in the 10th. he tried to stretch it to a double and check it out. he is safe right now, but it looks like he made it back. i think he is safe, but he was called out. both daw rosa and bruce bochy -- both derosa and bruce bochy are not happy with it. it comes off the single for ramirez. a tough way to lose. giants go down 4-3 and arizona wins it. now it is a four-game deficit with the giants in the national league west. japan and california playing tug of war for the decide of the little league world series. the hit of his life and a walkoff two-out single. we have all played little league and know how exciting it is for these kids as huntington beach, california wins the little league world series. look at that. how happy are they? 2-1 your final. the indy grand prix of sonoma held at infineon race way. on this track if you win

bart has just reopened the cal street station. however, the civic center station which was closed first remains closed. muny metro trains are not stopping at civic center. we're showing you videotape of the protests on the platform of the civic center that happened earlier. bart has arrested at least four protesters down there on the platforms. dozens of others have been walking down market street toward the ferry building. that's the very latest. the civic center station is closed, but cal street station is open. we'll continue to monitor it for you. >>> in contrast, living the rural life has its benefits. there's privacy and lots of open spis. but it could soon cost more money for all that peace and quiet. more on the new fee some will have to pay. >> reporter: this will affect homeowners differently depending on where they live in the area or the state. others, if they live next door may not have to pay, but some do. for those who do, it's unclear what they'll get for their money. >> i didn't have one word of input. i sat on th

the cal football team opens against fresno state. that will be at candlestick park. the remaining games will be at at&t park. the a's practiced on the home field this afternoon. >> you try to get them used to it. the punt returnershave to see how it will bounce. it hillary act differently -- it will react differently on that. the more we can get used to that, the better it can be. >> they were testing out the dimensions of the ballpark and running into the wall. even tedford threw himself into the wall and we didn't get video of that. >> that's a shame. >> i would have paid to see that. >> "nightline" is next. >> thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. see you tomorrow. 33333333333333ú

train station, cal transportation people will be biking. up to 1,000 bikes will be at kiosks along the peninsular. they believe this program improves community health and air quality by replacing transportation with zero emission bikes. the program will be up and running next summer. >> it will be interesting to see how people are using it. >> we will keep an eye on it for you and right now we are getting some things to look at in the road. this is a look at interstate 80 heading west document to the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is moving along well so you will see just a little bit of crowding not necessarily people on the road but crowding. traffic is moving along interstate 880 nicely and if you are driving along the peninsular it looks like an other turned pickup truck in red wood city which has paramedics on the way and it is still early so we are not getting a big back up so a couple of lanes are closed. 101 southbound at whipple just southwest of red wood city and 280 might be your best bet to avoid this problem and we will let you

is to cal pers texas teachers' funds and remember the importance of this story is barack obama has now and the new york fed have forced eric schneiderman office for closer settlement case because they don't want anybody to look at these securitizations they're saying we need to move on let's just pay twenty billion bucks and move on bear stearns and company the fifth largest u.s. securities firm is hawking the riskiest portions of collateralized debt obligations to public pension funds so this is the media this is bloomberg news reporting in two thousand and seven calling it toxic waste they went to cal pers they went to the pension fund managers for texas or new mexico and said why are you buying this toxic waste and they were like who were in vegas and this woman gee. tracker from bear stearns is pitching us on it she has a great pitch. between martinis. it is just amazing because teachers who will willingly take jobs that don't pay as much as a hedge fund manager because they see purpose in their life they want to add something to society unlike a hedge fund manager which is just re

cal tran will reopen in a few minutes.et's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that is nice. it's a small delay here. looking at contra costa county it's light. get out there soon if you want to avoid that slow traffic on westbound highway 4. it's pretty good from antioch to pittsburgh. 680 looks good. i mentioned they are just about to reopen the caldecott tunnel after the crashes were in there for awhile. pinole to richmond still looks good. >>> good morning, to you. outside our cars we have a blanket of low clouds. i will give you a look at the sunshine there. mostly clear for some of our east inland areas. partly cloudy in areas right around concord and livermore this morning. checking in in the 50s. 57 concord. mid 50s in fairfield. we have a nice strong delta breeze blowing. a little gusty as you get out on to i-80. 58 oakland. 59 hayward. 54 degrees in the city at this hour. a little bit warmer mountain view. 59 degrees as you step outside. the satellite view will show you a trough. that is sink

so we have support from cal fire units. and we have -- you can hear above me the helicopter is dropping fire retardant. >> mentioned there are homes in the area and that the wind is cooperating on your behalf now and pushing it away from them. is that still accurate? >> that is accurate. we don't have the extreme gusty winds that we sometimes have here in the afternoons, so that's been helpful. the winds are about 15 to 20 miles an hour out of the west. and that's pushed the fire east away from the subdivision. >> that is good news at this juncture. seven alarms, 60 acres, 60 to 70% contained at this point. >> that's correct. >> thank you, fire marshal for joining us this evening. >> lawrence karnow has the forecast. >> it can gust 30 miles per hour in the bay area not today so that's the good news for getting a wrap on that fire. winds still a good 15 to 17 miles per hour, wind gusts as high as 24 at travis air force base but things will calm down over the next couple of hours allowing the firefighters to get a handle on t

cal pers tested 100 apps, able to recover payment history and partial credit card numbers from 69% of them. some stored data on the phone itself. and owe so best security measure, cal pers says you need to use a pass word. >> are you still waiting to get your tax refund? >> and which cars give you the most for your money? >> let's start with cars. we spent a fortune on this. kelly blue book just announced top three brands with lowest average cost of ownership including cost of the car, depreciation, and repair, kia has a sticker price for msrp and five-year ownership cost of $38,884. this is hyundai, 23,359. third place, honda. the initial average price is just over 26 grand. after rinl ownership cost about 41, so though they're offering the best value, owning a car, any car is not cheap. probably just about twice what you imagined it to be. amazon.com learns what goes around comes around. well now, groups are calling for a boycott of amazon. they want shoppers to avoid the site until it begins collecting sales taxes. >> these services need revenue and to everyone who is playing by ru

richter was a cal go grad -- cal grad.anders played on the 49ers last super bowl team of 199 -- 1994. shannon sharpe was inducted. >>> the oakland raiders held on to michael bush. he signed a new deal and reported to training camp today. bush rushed for 655 yards and eight touchdowns last season. he's the last restricted free agent to sign a deal this summer. the as leading 5-0. we'll have it for you tonight at 10:00. see you then. >>> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, we'll have much more on the tragedy in afghanistan -- afghanistan, hear from troops who have been fighting in the war. >>> we're monitoring the situation in iran where it's early morning right now and word could come on the fate of two americans who have been held for for two years. >> thank you for joining us. the next newscast is the 10:00 news. we'll see you anyone -- then.

cal fire says at least one structure was severely damaged. fire crews along with neighbors were able to get the fire under control in about an hour. >> a lot of neighbors. i got to thank them, too, by the way, if you pan across there. you see a bunch of neighbors grabbing shovels to do anything to help the cause. we all pitched in together. >> no reports of any injuries. what sparked these multiple blazes is still unclear at this point. >>> now to a story only on nbc bay area, a long-standing san jose tradition might come to a bitter end. music in the park is a summertime staple in downtown san jose. every thursday evening like right now the cesar chavez plaza comes alive with music and dancing. money and violence may force the city to shut it it down. we join you from music in the park. damien, this seems interesting and surprising here. >> reporter: mainly, the violence, raj. tonight a band called dredge is played here at the music in the park here, the alternative rock band. several downtown businesses have told me they've had it with what

cal strand will -- cal transit will go to preparing a new concrete wall that has been prone to rock slides and just remember when they do this there are delays and detour delays as they do this. wet bound coming up to the bay bridge toll plaza looks good and no problems on the way into san francisco and we look at a live picture in oakland, that traffic looks very nice. if you are driving to -- oops, we have to move our maps further driving on east shore freeway eastbound 80 that traffic looks good down to el cerrito. >>> good morning we are starting out to what we saw similarly but by afternoon big changes. low clouds pushing inland and partly cloudy skies reported mostly gray over livermore this morning. 69 in heyward, 62 mountain view as well as napa and these temperatures anywhere from two to three degrees from what we saw yesterday morning. trough now will be pushed off to the west a little bit and that because high pressure will be building in from the southeast and that will squash our marine layer and it is already shallower than it was 24 hours ago. yesterday we started with a mar

cal-fire says the fire started saturday in cement hill road area now fully under control. it burned 715 acres. at its worst, 250 crews from four agencies were fighting the fire using air tankers, choppers and 50 fire engines. the fire did burn close to some homes. they were able to divert the flames and eventually no homes were damaged. investigators are working to figure out how the blaze started. >>> fire fighters say that five-day-old fire to yosemite national park is a third contained tonight thanks in part to a giant air tanker they're using to battle the flames. despite the progress, crew maze order new evacuations of private homes along the national forest land. the fire which is burning along highway 140 leading to the park burned 7 1/2 square miles of land since thursday. it hasn't caused main your problems at yosemite itself. tourists are able to see the park's famous views. >>> highway 12 in the north bay is still closed at this hour. not expected to reopen until 9:00 tonight. shut down this morning by a fatal crash involving a big rig and three cars. our nbc ch

with cal vun in his um. you're an individual be calvinist that and the we're in something together with god that we have sort of a contract between human beings and god and the american still think this way. you think this rhetoric out of the white house with democratic, and republican presidents. it's not going away. >> you want to comment on that. >> i think that we have that doctrine and it's held up as an ideal in america it become somewhat attenuated. the other thing about cal vunism. this is of the for and religion it became gradually what happened after the review formation that the netherlands becaformation that the netherlands became >> legalizing prostitution, and legal i guess doctor assisted suicide. religious authorities from t t wide cross section of churches stand in opposition. why do you contend they are able to testimony the tide. they are misaligned with their faithful. >> i think there's some of that. i'm not catholic but aren't there polling that suggests that a lot of the people even th

but work has essentially stopped for the day at cal/oshas and representatives from the county office look into haas -- into what caused a sudden collapse. that accident happened around 8:00 this morning. it sent four workers to the hospital. three with critical -- with critical condition. and we spoke to the main contractor on this project. he said three carpenters were standing below the 6th floor, inspecting a concrete below. a fourth carpenter was standing on the concrete above their head. we're told that a 115 by 15- foot frame supporting that concrete pour collapsed above the head and sent all four men tumbling 30 feet down a three- story shaft. >> it's the efficient of having a large wall fall on these guys and fours them town -- it's the equivalent of having a large wall fall on these guys and forcing them down. >> reporter: we talked to some plumbers who left at about 10:00 a.m. they told us they are usual -- their usual quitting time is about 2:00 p.m. now, cal/osha has now red- tagged the far side before the accident -- where the accident took place. that means no one is al

can trigger a survival instinct that causes you to pick high calorie, life-sustaining foods over low cal alternatives. i'm glad i now have an excuse. thank you. >>> coming up, the red sox ride the long ball, the yankees die on the warning track and the braves slam the cubs. plus earthquake at the ballpark in cleveland. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and from earthquakes to hurricanes to rain showers, we'll check in your wednesday and thursday travel forecast coming up. >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sport, unfortunately, we have sad news to start with. it's regarding one of the greatest coaches in american sports. here nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. pat summitt is a hall of famer and the winningest coach in basketball history. she's 59 years old and announced yesterday that she's suffering from the early onset of demen na, but that will not keep her off the bench. tennessee coach told reporters that she started feeling erratic early this year. she plans to rely on me

clerk cal; -- cal; -- ca;vo;; -- calvillo: item number 38, the settlement of an unmitigated came not -- unmitigated claim with pearl howell. president chiu: same house same call. next item. clerk calvillo: item 39, in dealing with business and tax regelation codes. -- regulation could. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to make a motion. president chiu: supervisor w iener. supervisor wiener: i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for bringing this forward. i do not support a continuance. this is gone through an extensive, expensive process, gone through several conditions, gone through the land use committee, and at the very, very last minute, as is often the case in san francisco, those who are sophisticated about trying to kill things waited until the end and then raised an objection, and i am concerned that this could, and i hope this doesn't happen, but it could be an opening for those who want to unravel this ordinance to unravel it. we received an email from nancy shanahan yesterday, outlining all sorts of changes that she once that i think would severely undermined -- that she w

a stiff sentence for the two cal grads being held in iran. >>> it happened again in oakland for the second time in less than two weeks. a child is hit by gunfire. >>> a health threat in the south bay develops. >>> good evening. breaking news. two separate shootings at canned -- candlestick park where the 49ers and the raiders were playing a preseason game. >> reporter: we are at gate a, where one of the two shooting victims ended up. two males were taken to the hospital. what we saw when we came up were police officers standing around. there was a bloody shirt on the ground. one officer told us a man drove up in a car, got out kind of wobbly, flagged down a security guard and it was discovered he had been shot. he was taken to san francisco general. also earlier in the parking lot, near the rv parking area, another man had been shot. we understand one of these two men is now in san francisco general with life threatening injuries. the other man with non life threatening injuries. cbs5's sports reporter kim coyle was also at the game and she said during the fourth quarter there was heavy fi

. >>> a 25-year-old cal grad is hoping to offer a snapshot of the bay area's muslim world. this month of ramadan. he is visiting 30 mosques and blogging about it in hopes of changing a negative perception. don knapp on the man's project that is already opening his own eyes. >> drops into the islamic center mosque in san francisco. it's part of his month long journey to expand his journey of muslims. growing up in santa clara, he attended the large muslim county association mosque. when he got to cal berkeley, he learned that not all muslims are alike. >> i saw a lot of people who are different from the mca notion of what a muslim was. >> he visited 30 mosques in 30 days and blogged with what he found. >> most striking different was it was composed of girls that did not wear their hijab. most muslim women do not wear the hijab to be religious. >> welcomed to their traditional dinner. he felt uncomfortable in bosnian mosques. >> i did not appreciate the fact that they were unwelcome toward outsiders. i felt embarrassed for them and i felt embarrassed for the reporters because

. >> the stanford research found the state's largest pension, cal percent, is under -- cal pers is under funded and they spent $3.5 billion more than it projected. >>> the state game wardens are searching for as many as a thousand stolen trophy trout. workers at the san juaquin state fishery reported them missing. the trout with three years old and weighed three pounds each. they sell for up to $7 a pound. they were part of a program paid for by fishing license fees to keep the lakes stocked. the thieves face grand theft charges when caught. >>> president obama says libya is nearly free of the long-time dictator. so far though no sign of muammar qaddafi. but this man caused a stir when he showed up. and the president of the company that down graded u.s. credit has resigned. and one half of the legendary group has passed away. all of that is coming up on "nightline." >> dan, coming up next on "nightline" an army of rebels is first for victory in libya. it is a spectacular fall of muammar qaddafi. and outrage over a new wave of photos of female models in >> closed captioning brought to >>

but there's always a possibility of clemency. >> clemency is a hope shared by many on the cal campus. >> maybe the united states can do some sort sf bargaining with them to return them to our country. if there's no hope there, i hope they can just stay strong. >> i would hope that the american government would step up and do as much as they can to get these two guys back home to their families and their loved ones. >> reporter: there are 20 days for an appeal in this case, many here on campus are hoping fatale and bauer will be released during the next ten days of ramadan. live in berkeley tonight, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next at 11:00, we'll show you had you facebook played a major role in reconnecting a stanford student who disappeared last week in malaysia with his family. >>> how much is it costing san jose state to put up overflow students at a hotel? >>> we're watching more clouds spilling back into the bay area at this hour. we have the low clouds. 58 degrees, and the low clouds will see drizzle for tomorrow morning. what's in store for the afternoon? lo

charles reed is chancellor of cal state. >> it's funded higher than the university of california and the california state university take earn together. that's outrageous. >> reporter: 24 our states have cut budgets this year but none as deeply as california. >> we've had to raise tuition twice and reduce our operating budget significantly. >> reporter: at u.c. riverside a brand new state of the art medical school sits empty. there's no money to run it. i'm sitting here having hired the faculty to open the school and i don't have students for them. >> reporter: med school dean richard olds says california's public university system was emulated around the world. >> to see the finest public education system probably in the world disinvested in is a huge tragedy. >> reporter: but california, like most states in this recession, is haemorrhaging red ink. legislators cut $26 billion to battalions the budget. education is one of -- balance the budget. education is one of the largest items and took a big hit. pedroza says he'll take out loans. >> i'm willing to do whatever it takes to gradu

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cal fire said crews managed to get the fire 90% contained. no structures are being threatened and no word on the cause. >> a tight rope walker had a very close call. 300 feet above the ground >> that is scary to watch. the preformer lost his balance crossing a wire strung between two hot air balloons. as you see he managed to hang on by wrapping his arms and legs around the wire and pulling himself up and then he did what all are trained to do, go on with the show. making it across the rest of the high wire. >> that is crazy. >> it is. >> steve, the man who never sleep joins us now with a look at the weather. >> thank you ken. another day with temperatures well below average. good seven, almost 12 degrees below. we have a lot of drizzle. 59 san francisco, the low is 55, the high was 60, this there wasn't much of a difference. san jose's high should be 81, they were barely able to get no the lower 70's. temperatures are trending that way and have been that way. the last heat was july 4th weekend. low fog and clouds, cool, breezy to windy. tomo

carrie's rep says the video was intended to be comic cal. yeah, that was hilarious. you mean psychologically unstable and sad? let's discuss this? sherrod's favorite segment we call -- >> lightning rooooouuuund. lightning round. >> sherrod, are you a comedian i have been told many times. >> on some nights. >> you saw that. joking or not joking? >> first of all, creepy, yes. maybe joking, but too much canadians in joking. that's why he said chubby kids because he wanted american kids. it is creepy though. you run across somebody and it is like, don't tell your pa you came to see me. is you ever heard of atari? >> that is a great idea for a movie. >> that was way too close to home, too many specifics. >> i was abducted as a child. i never got the atari. >> it is not like it is an upcoming movie together. this was creepy. creepy, creepy. >> jim carey always has been creepy, but now he has old man creepy. i think this is like charlie seen. >> i don't think he saw the charlie sheen stuff going on. worked for sheen. >> jenni mccarthy is probably having sex with somebody ri

we can show, that's cal fire. they have a chopper on stand by. they have 80 crews here. this is a five alarm fire. you can see a five alarm fire. you got crews all here. we are told it is over 50-70 acres that have been burned. you can go with video

now the goal for cal tran is to get this to the side of the road. keep the westbound 92connector closed through traffic so they can lift this scrap metal on to trucks that are just actually right off to the side. you can can see right here, these drivers are waiting so that once this scrap metal is lifted on to the trucks, they can lift it away. but first of all they need to get the debris off the southbound 101. as soon as they do that, they say this is just a moment for them to be clear. uthbound 101 will reopen and that is good news for the drivers this morning. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you, jade. >>> it is 8:02, the jogger hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver was a prominent figure in local republican politics. the 63-year-old donald casper was the vice president of san francisco's civil service commission and an active member of the gop. sunday night he went out for an evening jog on river road in forestville after spending the weekend at a vacation cabin near the russian river. that's when a dr

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ace, muni cal train, everything else looks good.t the roads, take you outside, a live look at the golden gate bridge, traffic looks great so far in either direction, including the headlights coming into san francisco right now. road work through novato should have wrapped up from southbound 101, it actually wrapped up quite a while ago. the altamont pass, we are getting our first bit of brake lights between 205 and 680. heading out to the dublin interchange. you may have in thed that drive time. ticking up a little bit. up to 18 minutes now. and just in those westbound lanes. eastbound 580 going against the commute, that looks great. and your bridges, we showed you the golden gate bridge and now a couple more, the san mateo bridge, this is the commute direction of westbound 92, again, usually this time of the morning, down to 13, 14-minute drive time and coming off of the highrise, that looks great as well. to the bay bridge, no metering lights. but we will see some slight delays in some lanes. but again, beat the rush. this is time

cal-osha inspectors are on the scene and that construction area of that collapse has been red-tagged. >> the support gave way, the concrete fell on the three workers a significant amount of concrete like having a large wall fall on you. so when the wall hit them and knocked them down three flights of stairs they were working right above a stair shaft. >> reporter: the builder is a general contractor in san francisco. the company says it has shut down all work here for the rest of the day. they do expect to resume work sometime tomorrow in the east side of the building because cal-osha hasn't closed the entire work site. they hope to resume work tomorrow. it's a $40 million project for apartment buildings. >> thank you, linda yee in san francisco. >>> a major blow for the solar power industry out of east bay. federal loans and a high- profile visit from the president could not save solyndra. the fremont company went bankrupt today. stephanie chuang with the workers who lost their jobs. >> speechless right now. nobody really knows what to think, what to -- nobody saw it coming. >> repor

fall camp opened today for the cal bears. upbeat after the contact drills on camp pumps players came into camp in better shape than a year ago, singling out aaron zapate and kendrick paine, and the new quarterback figures to be taking snaps september 3rd. >> threw the ball with authority, did a nice job. i'm happy with the command of the offense. >> greatest quarterback coach ever met in any life, so every day is a lesson. i learn something every day, and it's beautiful. >> michael bush is now in raider camp, and today he finally signed on the line that was dotted. he offered and accepted a one year deal for $2.6 million, as a restricted free agent he was a man with no options other than holding out. >>> seven newcomers into the pro football him a hail. , deion sanders, and what a year. he was a key member of the '94 super bowl champion team that crushed the san diego chargers. in his acceptance speech he paid tribute the 49er team, especially those teammate's who he worked most closely with. >> the best secondary in san fran

. >> reporter: cal trans has lost track of the number of broken wheels and bent suspensions from theough roadway along interstate 680. so they're replacing 12 miles of it from dublin to walnut creek, one slab at a time.. it's a technology completely new to northern california. this entire roadway is being built at night. what they do is excavate a hole and the slabs are dropped down inside. stitched together like tile. so by morning, commuters can drive on it. gone are the days of pouring a lane of wet concrete and hoping it will set up in time for the commute. the slabs are 12 feet wide, the width of an entire lane and up to 36 feet long, and because they're steel reinforced and allowed to cure, they are more than twice as strong. >> it's brought out here, measured precisely and laid into the ground. >> reporter: the cal trans engineers say the 12-mile 680 stretch is the largest precast road project in the nation, at more than 400 feet a night, they hope to be finished by next spring. go to www.cbs5.com. click on connect to send me your good questions. >>> the pittsburgh pirates hav

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. >> the defendant with cal us disregard with the safety of everyone willfully shot the little toddler in front of his family as they walked home on this bustling oakland street. >> reporter: two men were injured in the shooting. they are expected to survive. they suspect those men were the targets and say the shooting is gang related. >>> our own jane hernandez got an exclusive interview on the phone with one of the two men wounded in the shooting. he denies any gang involvement. >> reporter: his voice is strong despite monday's trauma. >> i don't want the family to think that the bullets was meant for me and they try to come after me for getting their baby hit. >> reporter: he spoke to us by phone explaining how he barely remembers see the little 3-year- old the day he was shot to death. oakland police, say hudson, still in the hospital, was the target. he he says the police are wrong. he remembers walking along international at 64th alone and then taking cover. >> when i seen the car pulling up half of the dude's body was out the car with a gun in his hands. the door of the car -- t

but when shanita entered cal, the kids were in foster care. >> they were just not -- not being caredr: shanita was the one that was getting calls from the school when things were going on with the kids if they were sick, she was the one that would drop whatever she was doing. she would go pick them up. >> they didn't ask for help but the way that they looked was evident that they needed help. >> and until that part of her life was settled, academics was going to take a back seat. >> reporter: so shanita talton at the age of 19 went to court to request legal guardianship of all four siblings. she had to find a pro bono attorney, prove that she could provide for them, paying for housing with her scholarship money. and when the judge awarded her custody, shanita began to build a new home. >> someone told me, you're running a recovery home. i am teaching and guiding my brothers and sisters to grow up at being emotionally well. >> reporter: how has she made you feel here? >> safe, loved and cared for. >> i feel thankful. >> reporter: for what? >> for my sister. >> have a good day. >> we'r

bill has been introduced to limit pay of cal state university campus presidents this, is in responseto salary given to the new president of san diego state. $400,000 a year, 100,000 sdzs more than his predecessor. a legislature says that bill will right the wrong. >> if you're going to raise tuition on students and you cannot increase any salaries of csu presidents nor two years after that. >> the bill would also require csu trustee to look within the state first when recruiting. this uc system had a share of hikes for staff but operates independently of the legislature so it does not address uc pay raises. >> and state auditor is adding teacher pensions to the list of rye hi-risk issues. a report cannot pay retirement benefits beyond the next 30 years. in march, california state teachers retirement system reported it only had 71% of the assets needed to cover retirement costs for 852,000 members and family members. and estimated short fall is $56 billion. other issues on the list include chronic budget deficit, retiree costs and prison overcrowding. >> and federal officials have fil